Rattus Fischer, 1803

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 504-560 : 547

Rattus Fischer, 1803 . Natl. Mus. Nat. Paris, 2: 128.

REVIEWED BY: K. F. Koopman (KFK); J. T. Marshall (JTM)(S.E. Asia); B. McGillivray (BM); J. I. Menzies (JIM)(New Guinea, Sulawesi); G. G. Musser (GGM); S. Wang (SW) ( China); C. H. S. Watts (CHSW)( Australia); A. C. Ziegler (ACZ)(New Guinea).

COMMENT: Rattus Frisch, 1775 , is unavailable; see Bull. Zool. Nomenci., 1950, 4: 549. Australian species revised by Taylor and Horner, 1973, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 150(l):l— 130. New Guinea species revised by Dennis and Menzies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., 26: 197-206. Generic limits discussed by Musser and Boeadi, 1980, J. Mammal., 61:396, Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 168(3):225-334, Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 169(2):67- 176, and Misonne, 1969, Ann. Mus . R. Afr. Cent. Tervuren, ser. 8, Sei. Zool., 172:1 -219, 27 pl. Includes Acanthomys, Geromys, Mollicomys, Nesoromys, and Stenomys ; see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 169(2): 137, 168. Formerly included Komodomys rintjamis, Diplothrix legatus (see Musser and Boeadi, 1980, J. Mammal., 61:395-413), Limnomys (see Musser, 1977, Am. Mus. Novit., 2636:114), Maxomys, in part (see Musser et al., 1979, J. Mammal., 60:592-606), Cremnomys, Millardia (see Mishra and Dhanda, 1975, J. Mammal., 56:76), Tarsomys (see Musser, 1977, Am. Mus. Novit., 2624:12), Niviventer , Leopoldamys, the species ohiensis, which was transferred to Srilankamys, the species beccarii, which was transferred to Margaretamys (see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 168(3):225-334), sodyi, which was transferred to Kadarsanomys (see Musser, 1981, Zool. Verhandelingen, 189:5), Berylmys, Bullimus, Bunomys , Paruromys, Tryphomys, and Taeromys (see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 169(2):67- 176). Formerly included shawmayeri, which was transferred to Pogonomelomys ruemmleri by George, 1978, in Tyler, The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, Roy. Zool. Soc. South Australia, p. 95.

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